It’s good to be the strongman of the Iowa football program.
As has been the case the last few years, Iowa’s Chris Doyle was the highest-paid strength & conditioning coach in the country this past year, pulling in $675,000 in salary in 2017. According to the latest report from Steve Berkowitz of USA Today, Doyle received a $50,000 raise that went into effect July 1 of this year that pushes his 2018 compensation to $725,000.
The only S&C coach in even a remotely similar financial stratosphere is Alabama’s Scott Cochran, who will earn $585,000 this year with the Crimson Tide. Last year, Ohio State’s Mickey Marotti‘s $575,000 salary was second to Cochran; Marotti’s 2018 salary wasn’t listed by Berkowitz.
And then there’s this: According to the USA Today‘s coaching salaries database, Cochran’s 2018 pay will be more than 31 FBS head coaches made in 2017. That $725,000 in salary also falls just short of surpassing the likes of Arkansas State’s Blake Anderson ($750,000), Marshall’s Doc Holliday ($763,000) and Rice’s David Bailiff $773,000).
The 50-year-old Doyle has been Iowa’s strength coach for every one of Kirk Ferentz‘s 20 seasons, including 2018, with the Hawkeyes.